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Emotion recognition in psychotherapy: Impact of therapist level of experience and emotional awareness

1999; Wiley; Volume: 55; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199901)55

1097-4679

Paulo P. P. Machado, Larry E. Beutler, Leslie S. Greenberg,

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Journal of Clinical PsychologyVolume 55, Issue 1 p. 39-57 Research Report Emotion recognition in psychotherapy: Impact of therapist level of experience and emotional awareness Paulo P. P. Machado, Corresponding Author Paulo P. P. Machado Universidade do MinhoPaulo P. P. Machado, Universidade do Minho, Departamento de Psicologia., Campus de Gualtar, P-4710 Braga, PortugalSearch for more papers by this authorLarry E. Beutler, Larry E. Beutler University of California, Santa BarbaraSearch for more papers by this authorLeslie S. Greenberg, Leslie S. Greenberg York UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Paulo P. P. Machado, Corresponding Author Paulo P. P. Machado Universidade do MinhoPaulo P. P. Machado, Universidade do Minho, Departamento de Psicologia., Campus de Gualtar, P-4710 Braga, PortugalSearch for more papers by this authorLarry E. Beutler, Larry E. Beutler University of California, Santa BarbaraSearch for more papers by this authorLeslie S. Greenberg, Leslie S. Greenberg York UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 26 January 1999 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199901)55:1 3.0.CO;2-VCitations: 20AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Abstract Accurately identifying another person's emotional state is an ability that may be necessary for a psychotherapist to empathize with a patient and that may be required for obtaining valid and reliable psychotherapy process ratings in research. Accuracy of identifying emotions and of rating emotional intensity expressed by a patient was studied in a comparison of 36 experienced therapists and 36 undergraduate psychology students who intended to become psychotherapists. Representative segments of a psychotherapy session were presented in one of three ways to tease apart the relative importance of verbal and nonverbal cues in making accurate ratings. Accuracy was judged against ratings supplied by two experienced and prestigious clinicians based on the same therapy sample. Results indicated that although therapists were more accurate than nontherapists in identifying emotions, they did not differ in the accuracy of rating emotional intensity. Moreover, accuracy of ratings was found to be less reliant on verbal cues among psychotherapists than among nontherapists. Finally, levels of participants' personal awareness of their own emotions had a positive impact on the accuracy of identifying specific emotions but not on the accuracy of rating their intensity. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 55: 39–57, 1999. Citing Literature Volume55, Issue1January 1999Pages 39-57 RelatedInformation